HOUSE  BILL  101 

I  STAHL  -  YARLING  BILL 

AN  ACT  to  provide  for  the  encouragement,  maintenance  and  supervision 
of  vocational  education  in  industries,  agriculture  and  domestic  sci- 
I  ence. 

I  [H.  101.    Approved  February  22,  1913.] 

Vocational  Education. 

Section  1  Be  it  enacted  hij  the  general  assembly  of  the 
Mate  of  Indiana,  The  following  words  and  phrases  as  used 
m  this  act  shall,  unless  a  different  meaning  is  plainly  re- 
quired by  the  context,  have  the  following  meanings: 

1.  "  Vocational  education ' '  shall  mean  any  education  the 
wmtrollmg  purpose  of  which  is  to  fit  for  profitable  employ- 

2.  "Industrial  education"  shall  mean  that  form  of  vo- 
cational education  which  fits  for  the  trades,  crafts  and 
wage-earning  pursuits,  including  the  occupation  of  girls 
and  women  carried  on  in  stores,  workshops,  and  other  es- 
Itablishments. 

3.  "Agricultural  education"  shall  mean  that  form  of 
vocational  education  which  fits  for  the  occupations  con- 
nected with  the  tillage  of  the  soil,  the  care  of  domestic  ani- 
mals forestry  and  other  wage-earning  or  productive  work 
|on  the  farm. 

4.  "Domestic  science"  education  shall  mean  that  form 
tot  vocational  education  which  fits  for  occupations  connected 
|with  the  household. 

5^   "Industrial,  agricultural  or  domestic  science  school 
ir  department"  shall  mean  an  organization  of  courses,  pu- 
pi  s  and  teachers  designed  to  give  either  industrial,  agri- 
euitural  or  domestic  science  education  as  herein  defined 
pnder  a  separate  director  or  head. 

6.  "Approved  industrial,  agricultural  or  domestic  sci- 
ence school  or  department"  shall  mean  an  organization 
Mnder  a  separate  director  or  head,  of  courses,  pupils  and 
Naehers  approved  by  the  state  board  of  education  designed 
fo  give  either  industrial,  agricultural  or  domestic  science 
pducation  as  herein  defined. 

7.  "Evening  class"  in  an  industrial,  agricultural  or  do- 
lestic  science  school  or  department  shall  mean  a  class  giv- 

Mig  such  training  as  can  be  taken  by  persons  already  em- 


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ployed  during  the  working  day,  and  which  in  order  to  be 
called  vocational  must  in  its  instruction  deal  with  the 
subject-matter  of  the  day  employment,  and  be  so  carried  on 
as  to  relate  to  the  day  employment;  but  evening  classes  in 
domestic  science  relating  to  the  home  shall  be  open  to  all 
women  over  seventeen  who  are  employed  in  any  capacity 
during  the  day. 

8.  Part-time  classes"  in  an  industrial,  agricultural  or 
domestic  science  school  or  department,  shall  mean  a  voca- 
tional class  for  persons  giving  a  part  of  their  working  time 
to  proj&table  employment  and  receiving  in  the  part-time 
school  or  department,  instruction  complimentary  to  the 
practical  work  carried  on  in  such  employment.  To  give  a 
part  of  their  working  time  such  persons  must  give  a  part 
of  each  day,  week  or  longer  period  to  such  part-time  class 
during  the  period  in  which  it  is  in  session. 

Establishment  of  Schools. 

Sec.  2.  Any  school  city,  town  or  township  may  through 
its  board  of  school  trustees  or  school  commissioners  or 
township  trustee,  establish  vocational  schools  or  depart- 
ments for  industrial,  agricultural  and  domestic  science  ed- 
ucation in  the  same  manner  as  other  schools  and  depart- 
ments are  established  and  may  maintain  the  same  from  the 
common  school  funds  or  from  a  special  tax  levy  not  to  ex- 
ceed 10  cents  on  each  $100  of  taxable  property,  or  partly 
from  the  common  school  funds  and  partly  from  such  tax. 
School  cities,  towns  and  townships  are  authorized  to  main- 
tain and  carry  on  instruction  in  elementary  domestic  sci- 
ence, industrial  and  agricultural  subjects  as  a  part  of  the 
regular  course  of  instruction. 

Classes — How  Divided. 

Sec.  3.  In  order  that  instruction  in  the  principles  and 
practice  of  the  arts  may  go  on  together,  vocational  schools 
and  departments  for  industrial,  agricultural  and  domestic 
science  education  may  offer  instruction  in  day,  part-time 
and  evening  classes.  Such  instruction  shall  be  of  less  than 
college  grade  and  be  designed  to  meet  the  vocational  needs 
of  persons  over  14  years  of  age  who  are  able  to  profit  by 
the  instruction  offered.    Attendance  upon  such  day  or 


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part-time  classes  shall  be  restricted  to  persons  over  14  and 
under  25  years  of  age;  and  upon  such  evening  classes  to 
persons  over  17  years  of  age. 

Co-operative  Schools. 

Sec.  4.  Two  or  more  school  cities,  towns  or  townships 
or  combinations  thereof,  may  co-operate  to  establish  and 
maintain  vocational  schools  or  departments  for  industrial, 
agricultural  or  domestic  science  education  or  in  supervising 
the  same,  whenever  the  school  board  or  township  trustees 
of  such  school  cities,  towns  or  townships  shall  so  determine 
and  apportion  the  cost  thereof  among  the  cities,  towns  and 
townships  co-operating.  Whenever  such  co-operative 
schools  or  departments  have  been  determined  upon  by  any 
school  cities,  towns  or  townships,  or  combination  thereof, 
the  presidents  of  the  school  boards  of  the  cities  or  towns 
and  the  township  trustees  of  the  townships  co-operating 
shall  constitute  a  board  for  the  management  of  such  school 
or  department,  such  board  may  adopt  for  a  period  of  one 
year  or  more,  a  plan  of  organization,  administration  and 
"support  for  such  school  or  department  and  the  plan,  if 
approved  by  the  state  board  of  education,  shall  constitute 
a  binding  contract  between  cities,  towns  and  townships  en- 

'2  tering  into  a  co-operation  to  support  such  schools  an  J 
^  courses  which  shall  be  cancelled  or  annulled  only  by  the 
vote  of  a  majority  of  the  school  boards  or  township  trus- 

1^   tees  of  such  school  cities,  towns  or  townships  and  the  ap- 

^    proval  of  the  state  board  of  education. 

^   Studies — How  Outlined. 

Sec.  5.    Elementary  agriculture  shall  be  taught  in  the 
'     grades  in  all  town  and  township  schools;  elementary  in- 
dustrial work  shall  be  taught  in  the  grades  in  all  city  and 
town  schools,  and  elementary  domestic  science  shall  be 
-    taught  in  the  grades  in  all  city,  town  and  township  schools. 

The  state  board  of  education  shall  outline  a  course  of  study 
;  for  each  of  such  grades  as  they  may  determine  which  shall 
'  '  be  followed  as  a  minimum  requirement.  The  board  shall 
also  outline  a  course  of  study  in  agriculture,  domestic  sci- 
ence and  industrial  work,  which  they  may  require  city,  town 
and  township  high  schools  to  offer  as  regular  courses. 


After  September  1,  1915,  all  teachers  required  to  teach  ele- 
mentary agriculture,  industrial  work  or  domestic  science 
shall  have  passed  an  examination  in  such  subjects  prepared 
by  the  state  board  of  education. 

State  Board  of  Education — Duties. 

Sec.  6.  The  state  board  of  education  is  hereby  author- 
ized and  directed  to  investigate  and  to  aid  in  the  introduc- 
tion of  industrial,  agricultural  and  domestic  science  educa- 
tion, to  aid  cities,  towns  and  townships  to  initiate  and 
superintend  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  schools 
and  departments  for  the  aforesaid  forms  of  education;  and 
to  supervise  and  approve  such  schools  and  departments,  as 
hereinafter  provided.  The,  board  of  education  shall  make 
a  report  annuallj^  to  the  general  assembly  describing  the 
condition  and  progress  of  industrial,  agricultural  and  do- 
mestic science  education  during  the  year  and  making  such 
recommendations  as  they  may  deem  advisable. 

State  Board  Comprised  of. 

Sec.  7.  The  state,  board  of  education  shall  consist  of 
the  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  the  presidents  of 
Purdue  university,  the  State  university  and  the  State  nor- 
mal school,  the  superintendents  of  schools  of  the  three 
cities  having  the  largest  enumeration  of  children  for  school 
purposes  annually  reported  to  the  state  superintendent  of 
public  instruction,  as  provided  by  law,  three  citizens  active- 
ly engaged  in  educational  work  in  the  stale,  at  least  one  of 
whom  shall  be  a  county  superintendent  of  schools,  and 
three  persons  actively  interested  in,  and  of  known  sym- 
pathy with,  vocational  education,  one  of  whom  shall  be  a 
representative  of  employes  and  one  of  employers. 

The  governor  shall  appoint  the  members  of  the  board, 
except  the  ex  officio  members,  for  a  term  of  four  years. 

In  the  first  instance  one  member  shall  be  appointed  for 
two  years,  one  for  three  years  and  one  for  four  years.  The 
present  appointive  members  shall  serve  until  the  expiration 
of  the  time  for  which  they  were  appointed.  The  governor 
shall  fill  all  vacancies  occurring  in  the  board  for  the  unex- 
pired term,  and  each  member  shall  serve  until  his  successor 
shall  hnvo  been  appointed  and  qualified. 


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The  superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall,  ex  officio, 
be  president  of  the  board,  and  in  his  absence  the  members 
present  shall  elect  a  president  pro  tempore.  The  board 
shall  elect  one  of  its  members  secretary  and  treasurer,  who 
shall  have  the  custody  of  its  records,  papers  and  effects, 
and  shall  keep  minutes  of  its  proceedings.  The  records, 
papers,  effects  and  minutes  shall  be  kept  at  the  office  of  the 
superintendent,  and  shall  be  open  for  inspection.  The  board 
shall  meet  upon  the  call  of  the  president,  or  a  majority  of 
its  members,  at  such  place  in  the  state  as  may  be  designated 
in  the  call.  They  shall  adopt  and  use  a  seal,  on  the  face 
of  which  shall  be  the  words  '^Indiana  state  board  of  edu- 
cation,or  such  other  device  or  motto  as  the  board  may 
direct,  an  impression  and  written  description  of  which  shall 
be  recorded  on  the  minutes  of  the  board  and  filed  in  the 
office  of  the  secretary  of  state,  which  seal  shall  be  used  for 
the  authentication  of  the  acts  of  the  board  and  the  impor- 
tant acts  of  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction. 

The  board  shall  have  all  the  powers  and  perform  all  the 
duties  now  imposed  by  law  on  the  state  board  of  education. 

Appointments — How  Made. 

Sec.  8.  The  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction, 
with  the  advice  and  approval  of  the  state  board  of  educa- 
tion, shall  appoint  a  deputy  superintendent  in  charge  of 
industrial  and  domestic  science  education  who  shall  act 
under  the  direction  of  the  state  superintendent  of  public 
instruction  in  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  act.  The 
salary  and  term  of  office  of  such  deputy  shall  be  fixed  by 
the  board  and  he  shall  be  removable  b}^  the  board  only  for 
cause. 

The  state  superintendent,  with  the  approval  of  the  state 
board  of  education,  is  authorized  to  co-operate  with  Purdue 
university  in  the  appointment  of  some  person  actively  con- 
nected with  the  agricultural  extension  work  at  Purdue  as 
an  agent  in  supervising  agricultural  education,  who  shall 
serve  in  a  dual  capacity  as  an  agent  of  the  state  superin- 
tendent and  an  assistant  at  Purdue  university.  The  board 
and  the  authorities  of  Purdue  university  may  fix  the  pro- 
portion of  the  salary  of  such  agent  to  be  borne  by  the  state 
and  by  the  university.  Such  person  ghall  be  subject  to  re- 
moval for  cause  by  the  state  board  of  education. 


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All  expenses  incurred  in  discharge  of  their  duties  b} 
deputies  and  agents  shall  be  paid  by  the  State  from  funds 
provided  for  in  this  act. 

Advisory  Committee. 

Sec.  9.  Boards  of  education  or  township  trustees  admin- 
istering approved  vocational  schools  atid  departments  for 
industrial,  agricultural  or  domestic  science  education,  shall, 
under  a  scheme  to  be  approved  by  the  state  board  of  educa- 
tion, appoint  an  advisory  committee  comxposed  of  members 
representing  local  trades,  industries  and  occupations.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  advisory  committee  to  counsel  with 
and  advise  the  board  and  other  school  officials  having  the 
management  and  supervision  of  such  schools  or  depart- 
ments. 

Admission  to  Schools — To  Whom  Made. 

Sec.  10.  Any  resident  of  any  city,  town  or  township  in 
Indiana,  which  does  not  maintain  an  approved  vocational 
school  or  department  for  industrial,  agricultural  or  domes- 
tic science  education  offering  the  type  of  training  which  he 
desires,  may  make  application  for  admission  to  such  school 
or  department  raaintained  by  another  city,  town  or  town- 
ship or  any  school  of  secondary  grade  maintaining  an  ap- 
proved industrial,  agricultural  or  domestic  science  school  or 
department.  The  state  board  of  education,  whose  decision 
shall  be  final,  may  approve  or  disapprove  such  application. 
In  making  such  decision  the  board  shall  take  into  considera- 
tion the  opportunities  for  free  vocational  training  in  the 
community  in  which  the  applicant  resides;  the  financial 
status  of  the  community;  the  age,  sex,  preparation,  apti- 
tude and  previous  record  of  the  applicant,  and  all  other  rel- 
evant circumstances. 

The  school  city  or  town  or  township  in  which  the  person 
resides,  who  has  been  admitted  as  above  provided,  to  an 
approved  vocational  school  or  department  for  industrial, 
agricultural  or  domestic  science  education,  maintained  by 
another  city,  town  or  township  or  other  school,  shall  pay 
such  tuition  fee  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  state  board  of  educa- 
tion ;  and  the  state  shall  reimburse  such  school  city  or  town 
or  township  as  provided  for  in  this  act.   If  any  school  city 


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or  town  or  township  neglects  or  refuses  to  pay  for  such 
tuition,  it  shall  be  liable  therefor  in  an  action  of  contract 
to  the  school  city  or  town  or  township  or  cities  and  towns 
and  townships  or  other  school  maintaining  the  school  which 
the  pupil  with  the  approval  of  the  said  board  attended. 

Compulsory  Attendance. 

Sec.  11.  In  case  the  board  of  education  or  township  trus- 
tee of  any  city,  town  or  township  have  established  approved 
vocational  schools  for  the  instruction  of  youths  over  four- 
teen years  of  age  who  are  engaged  in  regular  employment, 
in  part-time  classes,  and  have  formally  accepted  the  pro- 
visions of  this  section,  such  board  or  trustee  are  authorized 
to  require  all  youths  between  the  ages  of  fourteen  and  six- 
teen years  who  are  regularly  employed,  to  attend  school  not 
less  than  five  hours  per  week  between  the  hours  of  8  a.  m. 
and  5  p.  m.  during  school  term. 

County  Agent — Petition. 

Sec.  12.  Whenever  twenty  or  more  residents  of  a  county, 
who  are  actively  interested  in  agriculture,  shall  file  a  peti- 
tion with  the  county  board  of  education  for  a  county  agent, 
together  with  a  deposit  of  $500.00  to  be  used  in  defraying 
expenses  of  such  agent,  the  county  board  of  education  shall 
file  said  petition,  within  thirty  days  of  its  receipt,  with  the 
county  council,  which  body  shall,  upon  receipt  of  such  peti- 
tion, appropriate  annually  the  sum  of  $1,500.00  to  be  used 
in  paying  the  salary  and  other  expenses  of  said  county 
agent.  When  the  county  appropriation  has  been  made  the 
county  board  of  education  shall  apply  to  Purdue  university 
for  the  appointment  of  a  county  agent  whose  appointment 
shall  be  made  annually  and  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the 
county  board  of  education,  and  the  state  board  of  education. 
When  such  appointment  has  been  made,  there  shall  be  paid 
annually  from  the  state  fund  provided  for  in  this  act,  to 
Purdue  university,  to  be  paid  to  the  county  providing  for  a 
county  agent,  an  amount  sufficient  to  pay  one-half  the  an- 
nual salary  of  the  county  agent  appointed  as  herein  pro- 
vided :  Provided,  That  not  more  than  $1,000  shall  be  appro- 
priated to  any  one  county:  Provided,  further,  That  not 
more  than  thirty  (30)  counties  during  the  year  ending  Sep- 


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tember  30,  1914;  and  sixty  (60)  counties  during  the  year 
ending  September  30,  1915,  shall  be  entitled  to  state  aid.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  such  agent,  under  the  supervision  of 
Purdue  university,  to  co-operate  with  farmers'  institutes, 
farmers'  clubs  and  other  organizations,  conduct  practical 
farm  demonstrations,  boys'  and  girls'  clubs  and  contest 
work  and  other  movements  for  the  advancement  of  agricul- 
ture and  country  life  and  to  give  advice  to  farmers  on  prac- 
tical farm  problems  and  aid  the  county  superintendent  of 
schools  and  the  teachers  in  giving  practical  education  in 
agriculture  and  domestic  science.  The  county  board  of  edu- 
cation is  hereby  authorized  to  file  monthly  bills  covering 
salary  and  expenses  of  county  agent,  the  same  to  be  ap- 
proved by  Purdue  university,  with  the  county  auditor  who 
shall  draw  his  warrant  or  warrants  on  the  county  treasurer 
for  the  payment  of  same. 

Cities  and  Towns — Reimbursed. 

Sec.  13.  Vocational  schools  or  departments  for  indus- 
trial, agricultural  and  domestic  science  education  shall  so 
long  as  they  are  approved  by  the  state  board  of  education 
as  to  organization,  location,  equipment,  courses  of  study, 
qualifications  of  teachers,  methods  of  instruction,  conditions 
of  admission,  employment  of  pupils  and  expenditures  of 
money,  constitute  approved  vocational  schools  or  depart- 
ments. School  cities  and  towns  and  townships  maintaining 
such  approved  vocational  schools  shall  receive  reimburse- 
ment as  provided  in  this  act. 

State  Maintenance. 

Sec.  14.  The  state,  in  order  to  aid  in  the  maintenance  of 
approved  vocational  schools  or  departments  for  industrial, 
agricultural  and  domestic  science  education,  shall,  as  pro- 
vided in  this  act,  pay  annually  to  school  cities  and  towns 
and  townships  maintaining  such  schools  and  departments 
an  amount  equal  to  two-thirds  of  the  sum  expended  for  in- 
struction in  vocational  and  technical  subjects  authorized 
and  approved  by  the  state  board  of  education.  Such  cost 
of  instinction  shall  consist  of  the  total  amount  raised  by 
local  taxation  and  expended  for  the  teachers  of  approved 
vocational  and  technical  subjects.    School  cities  and  towns 


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and  townships  that  have  paid  claims  for  tuition  in  approved 
vocational  schools  shall  be  reimbursed  by  the  state  as  pro- 
vided in  this  act,  to  the  extent  of  one-half  the  sums  ex- 
pended by  such  school  cities  and  towns  and  townships  in 
payment  of  such  claims. 

Claims  for  Reimbursement. 

Sec.  15.  Any  school  city,  town  or  township  having  claims 
for  reimbursement  against  the  state  under  the  provisions 
of  this  act  shall  present  the  same  to  the  state  board  of  edu- 
cation on  or  before  July  1st  of  each  year  immediately  fol- 
lowing the  completion  of  the  work  for  which  they  are  enti- 
tled to  reimbursement  from  the  state.  The  board  shall  if 
they  approve  the  claim  authorize  its  payment  by  the  auditor 
of  state  who  shall  thereupon  draw  his  warrant  on  the  treas- 
urer of  state  for  the  payment  of  the  amount  due  such  school 
city,  town  or  township,  from  the  fund  provided  in  this  act. 

Annual  Levy. 

Sec.  16.  To  provide  a  state  fund  to  carry  out  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act,  there  shall  be  levied  annually  as  a  part 
of  the  state  common  school  levy  an  additional  lev^y^  of  one 
cent  on  each  one  hundred  dollars  of  taxable  property  in  the 
state,  which  shall  constitute  a  fund  for  the  purposes  of  this 
act.  Any  part  of  the  fund  remaining  at  the  close  of  any 
fiscal  year  shall  be  placed  by  the  treasurer  of  state  in  a 
permanent  fund  for  vocational  education,  the  proceeds  of 
which  shall  be  used  to  aid  in  carrying  out  the  provisions  of 
this  act. 

Salaries  and  Expenses. 

Sec.  17.  A  sum  sufficient  to  pay  the  salaries  and  expenses 
of  the  deputies,  agents  and  employes  in  carrying  out  the 
provisions  of  this  act,  and  an  amount  sufficient  to  carry  out 
the  provisions  of  section  12  is  hereby  appropriated  annu- 
ally for  two  years,  to  be  available  on  and  after  April  1,  1913. 
Thereafter  all  salaries  and  expenses  shall  be  paid  from  the 
fund  provided  for  in  this  act. 


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When  Effective. 

Sec.  18.  This  act  shall  take  effect  as  to  the  provisions 
for  state  aid  to  approved  vocational  schools  at  the  begin- 
ning of  the  school  year  1914-1915.  All  other  provisions  of 
this  act,  including  the  provisions  for  a  county  agent,  as  pro- 
vided in  section  12,  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
publication. 

Repeal. 

Sec.  19.  All  laws  and  parts  of  laws  in  conflict  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed. 


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